Since kodak was the inventor of the digital camera... this is actually a classic COUNTER-example.
Kodak actually failed when it wasted BILLIONS in the 1980s trying to expand its product line... 5.1 billion dollars for a drug company that they then ran into the ground, then tons of money in R&D trying to build a better Alkaline battery (because the battery was going to be the new "film" - disposable repeat purchase - once digital took off).
Kodak invented itself into oblivion, not the other way around.
The DEA and FDA have unconstitutional power, thanks to a little bill Nixon pushed through so he could arrest hippies. Now it will take some serious congressional balls to "look soft" on the war on drugs, in order to reverse this unconstitutional affront to our system of checks and balances.
The reality is the contract the studio has with the film makers probably has a "if this isn't released for some reason" clause in the contract... it probably doesn't have an "If we want to give away free copies to everyone for a PR move" clause. Even if Sony wanted to it couldn't do that... because Sony itself created a world where it is stuck between a lawyer brigade and a hactivist group.
It's an "established" neighborhood that is probably a bit above my social class. My cross-street had the "shortcut" problem so the voters pressured the city to do the ultimate "dick move" to the short-cutters.
4 lanes became 2 lanes + bike lane on each side, and they added stop signs at every other cross street.
It went from "oh lets avoid traffic" to "why bother?"
Almost nobody lives in Florida and commutes to Manhattan. Why is that? The pay is better in Manhattan and housing is cheaper in Florida.
oh but it takes 13 hours to get from jacksonville to manhattan. If it took 13 hours to get from long beach to culver city, people wouldn't try to live in Long Beach and work in Culver City, simple as that.
I am not saying crowded roads are awesome, but people make the decision every day to not work 13 hours from their home even if it doesn't "feel" like it.
In an "interconnected" world there is no such thing as "secure" only "more secure" or "less secure"
How long can a private company be on "everyone's radar" before they can no longer do business? This may not be successful, but eventually there will be cases of large corporations basically unable to do business because a relative few can wield a lot of "digital power" over a company with a large presence.
I am not going to overstate the power of "hacktivists"/DDOS/Botnet but suppose these actions continue, how much will it cost Sony to combat this kind of thing? $1,000,000 for every dollar spent hacking them? It seems like there is a limit.
If enough people want a corporation wiped from the internet, there doesn't really seem like a practical way to survive. Not fearmongering, or cheering against Sony specifically... just wondering.
John: Just put up your hand and say, 'I swear I won't kill anyone.'
Terminator: [Raises hand] I swear I will not kill anyone.
[stands up and shoots the guard on both knees]
In a professional dangerous situation, companies tend to have an E&O policy (Errors and omissions). This is different from a typical liability scenario that you are describing. In an E&O policy, in order for your rate to return back to normal after a loss, you must mitigate the scenario that caused the loss, such as replacing riggings with safer models, increasing training, etc etc.
A loss is still expensive, and it does increase rates as I described.
Source: For the last decade I have coded and run automated professional risk assessment software for E&O at a Fortune top 10 company.
It is cheaper to hire people to do it, even if occasionally you have to pay a higher spike in insurance rates when a person dies.
Until human life is A LOT more expensive, or robot solutions are a lot cheaper, it will be cost effective to skinsource menial but complex and dangerous jobs.
We like to pay lipservice to all kinds of factors, but it all comes down to money.
because other countries protect their citizens against such practices. They don't worry about it because they don't have to, the barrier for entry is much higher than just "Microsoft donated a lot of money to congress so they got 500,000 HIB visas pushed through"
The middle manager's job is to prove to his boss that all of his employees are actually doing something. The Emailed pdf serves as a daily reminder that "we are doing stuff."
Emailed PDF: "Just a quick reminder from the server that your employees are busy working hard, feel free to not read this."
vs
Dashboard: "Do my employees even do anything?? I guess I will go look that up."
strip everything down to "why do I still get a paycheck" and you will get to the answer, you never want to allow the big boss to think "do they even do anything?" Email is a preemptive strike against your boss's boss having to seek out that answer
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Classic example: Kodak.
Since kodak was the inventor of the digital camera... this is actually a classic COUNTER-example.
Kodak actually failed when it wasted BILLIONS in the 1980s trying to expand its product line... 5.1 billion dollars for a drug company that they then ran into the ground, then tons of money in R&D trying to build a better Alkaline battery (because the battery was going to be the new "film" - disposable repeat purchase - once digital took off).
Kodak invented itself into oblivion, not the other way around.
How fast is the VBScript engine?!
It might be a pseudo-english term invented by german speakers.
That is actually a pretty concise definition of "English."
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The DEA and FDA have unconstitutional power, thanks to a little bill Nixon pushed through so he could arrest hippies. Now it will take some serious congressional balls to "look soft" on the war on drugs, in order to reverse this unconstitutional affront to our system of checks and balances.
The reality is the contract the studio has with the film makers probably has a "if this isn't released for some reason" clause in the contract... it probably doesn't have an "If we want to give away free copies to everyone for a PR move" clause. Even if Sony wanted to it couldn't do that... because Sony itself created a world where it is stuck between a lawyer brigade and a hactivist group.
It's an "established" neighborhood that is probably a bit above my social class. My cross-street had the "shortcut" problem so the voters pressured the city to do the ultimate "dick move" to the short-cutters. 4 lanes became 2 lanes + bike lane on each side, and they added stop signs at every other cross street.
It went from "oh lets avoid traffic" to "why bother?"
Almost nobody lives in Florida and commutes to Manhattan. Why is that? The pay is better in Manhattan and housing is cheaper in Florida.
oh but it takes 13 hours to get from jacksonville to manhattan. If it took 13 hours to get from long beach to culver city, people wouldn't try to live in Long Beach and work in Culver City, simple as that.
I am not saying crowded roads are awesome, but people make the decision every day to not work 13 hours from their home even if it doesn't "feel" like it.
I know it is already +5, but damn, this is the funniest thing I have read in days.
they could name it "Office 365"
Oh wait...
In an "interconnected" world there is no such thing as "secure" only "more secure" or "less secure"
How long can a private company be on "everyone's radar" before they can no longer do business? This may not be successful, but eventually there will be cases of large corporations basically unable to do business because a relative few can wield a lot of "digital power" over a company with a large presence.
I am not going to overstate the power of "hacktivists"/DDOS/Botnet but suppose these actions continue, how much will it cost Sony to combat this kind of thing? $1,000,000 for every dollar spent hacking them? It seems like there is a limit.
If enough people want a corporation wiped from the internet, there doesn't really seem like a practical way to survive. Not fearmongering, or cheering against Sony specifically... just wondering.
Here is a revolutionary new way to sit in a lecture...
Sit in your seat, pull out a pen, pull out a pad of paper ("spiral notebook", "Legal Pad", whatever).
If the professor/lecturer says something important... write it down. If the professor is boring, doodle idly while you listen.
Leave the laptop, ipad, phone at home.
John: Just put up your hand and say, 'I swear I won't kill anyone.'
Terminator: [Raises hand] I swear I will not kill anyone.
[stands up and shoots the guard on both knees]
He'll live.
yeah, when amazon gas partial outages like last year... it makes plenty of headlines http://www.zdnet.com/amazon-we... http://www.businessweek.com/ar...
"5 Meaningless buzzwords not worth your time"
Yeah yeah these things exist... and have existed for decades.
In a professional dangerous situation, companies tend to have an E&O policy (Errors and omissions). This is different from a typical liability scenario that you are describing. In an E&O policy, in order for your rate to return back to normal after a loss, you must mitigate the scenario that caused the loss, such as replacing riggings with safer models, increasing training, etc etc.
A loss is still expensive, and it does increase rates as I described.
Source: For the last decade I have coded and run automated professional risk assessment software for E&O at a Fortune top 10 company.
It is cheaper to hire people to do it, even if occasionally you have to pay a higher spike in insurance rates when a person dies.
Until human life is A LOT more expensive, or robot solutions are a lot cheaper, it will be cost effective to skinsource menial but complex and dangerous jobs.
We like to pay lipservice to all kinds of factors, but it all comes down to money.
We won't betray you, but if we do, we will just hire a female CEO and blame it all on her.
they make me a nightmare for people like you.
...as a student, and now as a teacher, I just don't get it. Why would you cheat?
because as a society we value credentials, we do not value education.
Only adults should have hands? Fuck you.
nobody asked for 4k, so if you must check off the checkbox, make people who pretend they want it pay for it.
because other countries protect their citizens against such practices. They don't worry about it because they don't have to, the barrier for entry is much higher than just "Microsoft donated a lot of money to congress so they got 500,000 HIB visas pushed through"
The middle manager's job is to prove to his boss that all of his employees are actually doing something. The Emailed pdf serves as a daily reminder that "we are doing stuff."
Emailed PDF: "Just a quick reminder from the server that your employees are busy working hard, feel free to not read this."
vs
Dashboard: "Do my employees even do anything?? I guess I will go look that up."
strip everything down to "why do I still get a paycheck" and you will get to the answer, you never want to allow the big boss to think "do they even do anything?" Email is a preemptive strike against your boss's boss having to seek out that answer
And the masses burned their skinny jeans in protest, ballsacks and knees everywhere rejoiced.